Coco Gauff became the first American teen to win the U.S. Open in decades. While she’d always been an incredibly exciting tennis player to watch, the achievement propulsed her to a new stage of her career.
She was recently featured on the cover of TIME magazine, where she discussed her Olympic ambitions and the importance of seeing Serena and Venus Williams play tennis when she was a little girl.
Coco Gauff’s throwback shows her 8-year-old self watching Venus Williams competeZendaya and Coco Gauff fangirl over each other onlineA post shared by Coco Gauff (@cocogauff)Gauff discusses the impact of seeing players like Serena and Venus Williams conquer tennis courts.
When she was six years old, she recalled watching Serena play at the Australian Open. She was watching the game with her dad, Corey, who called Serena the GOAT. “What’s a GOAT?” she asked, prompting her dad to explain that the term referred to Greatest Of All Time.
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